Thursday, April 3, 2014

Pacifica Directors for Good Governance Appeals To The Courts To Rein In Chaos

Berkeley-As the Pacifica Board of Directors prepares to meet yet again, the embattled razor-thin majority will have to contend with a 119 page complaint filed by Pacifica Directors for Good Governance asking for injunctive relief from the chaos sweeping the organization after the illegitimate firing of the executive director, the reinstatement of ...a CFO let go after his probationary period, and the inability to sustain an organizational audit.

The case number is HG14720131

We'll have a complete update following this evening's board meeting.

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Started in 1946 by conscientious objector Lew Hill, Pacifica's storied history includes impounded program tapes for a 1954 on-air discussion of marijuana, broadcasting the Seymour Hersh revelations of the My Lai massacre, bombings by the Ku Klux Klan, going to jail rather than turning over the Patty Hearst tapes to the FBI, and Supreme Court cases including the 1984 decision that noncommercial broadcasters have the constitutional right to editorialize, and the Seven Dirty Words ruling following George Carlin's incendiary performances on WBAI. Pacifica Foundation Radio operates noncommercial radio stations in New York, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and syndicates content to over 180 affiliates. It invented listener-supported radio.

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